Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. Small Batch BourbonFor the greater common good, this item is limited to one per customer. We appreciate your cooperation. On February 12, 1830, Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr. widely considered the father of modern bourbon was born in Columbus, Kentucky. Orphaned as a baby, Taylor was adopted by Edmund Haynes Taylor Sr. and was raised in Louisiana by his great uncle, Zachary Taylor (who would later become the twelfth President of the United States). After attending the Boyer's